Wells-Next-the-Sea Beach, Norfolk

The beautiful sandy beach, with its pine trees, sand dunes and colourful beach huts, stretches for miles towards Holkham.

Dogs are allowed on the beach at Wells-Next-the-Sea all year round subject to certain restrictions. A small area of the beach is kept dog free so that people can dig in the sand without fear of finding something unpleasant. However the largest stretch of beach is dog friendly and so there is a huge area for dogs to run and play before heading to the Beach Café (see blog) to shower and rehydrate.

At nesting time areas of the beach are roped off to protect nesting birds and people are asked to keep dogs on leads at that time for the same reason. Dog owners are asked to keep dogs on leads until they get on to the beach, and to clear up any mess